Howard is round and thick and that makes him sorta slippery , plus he has great vision which makes him good at shifting gears waiting for the hole to develop . To me he's a blend of Earl Campbell and Earnest Byner . If he stays healthy and keeps improving we've found our next great back ...if .
Howard is round and thick and that makes him sorta slippery , plus he has great vision which makes him good at shifting gears waiting for the hole to develop . To me he's a blend of Earl Campbell and Earnest Byner . If he stays healthy and keeps improving we've found our next great back ...if .
I thought I was reading Playboy there for a second.
Loggains was interviewed last week and admitted to not seeing how good Howard was. He said that Howard was not the same RB in training camp and in preseason games. It wasn't until the staff was forced to start him that they truly saw what Howard was. Basically Loggains said he can only display his true abilities in a real game and they were not able to see that in practices.
Maybe it's true and Howard didn't do enough in practice to earn the leading role or maybe the coaching staff is just full of crap again and they didn't know what they were doing. At least Loggains offered a legitimate explanation.
i'm not sure i'm trusting Loggains. in pre season when Howard had more then 10 carries(only way to truly judge a rb), he averaged 4.5 and 5+ ypc. How do you not see how good the kid is in pre season evenn if you cannot see it on practice?
How did other teams w/guys like Eddie George or Lynch or other big backs see their abilities in practice?
Loggains was interviewed last week and admitted to not seeing how good Howard was. He said that Howard was not the same RB in training camp and in preseason games. It wasn't until the staff was forced to start him that they truly saw what Howard was. Basically Loggains said he can only display his true abilities in a real game and they were not able to see that in practices.
Maybe it's true and Howard didn't do enough in practice to earn the leading role or maybe the coaching staff is just full of crap again and they didn't know what they were doing. At least Loggains offered a legitimate explanation.
I don't believe Loggains has a clue. Howard is just one example.
Loggains was interviewed last week and admitted to not seeing how good Howard was. He said that Howard was not the same RB in training camp and in preseason games. It wasn't until the staff was forced to start him that they truly saw what Howard was. Basically Loggains said he can only display his true abilities in a real game and they were not able to see that in practices.
Maybe it's true and Howard didn't do enough in practice to earn the leading role or maybe the coaching staff is just full of crap again and they didn't know what they were doing. At least Loggains offered a legitimate explanation.
I don't believe Loggains has a clue. Howard is just one example.
I give Loggains a semi pass. (I am not defending it though). This is his first year. He has a seasoned HC that should be helping him with this kind of stuff but apparently he couldn't tell either. Because Howard apparently sucks during practices. uhuh. Maybe the coaches suck during practices.
I don't believe Loggains has a clue. Howard is just one example.
I give Loggains a semi pass. (I am not defending it though). This is his first year. He has a seasoned HC that should be helping him with this kind of stuff but apparently he couldn't tell either. Because Howard apparently sucks during practices. uhuh. Maybe the coaches suck during practices.
Or maybe they pre determine who is going to be starting regardless of talent.
I do actually find Loggains excuse as somewhat valid. Seeing Howard's running style in real games could be hard to show in practice. I don't think they are really going all out in practice like they use to years ago. Maybe they didn't get a chance to see Howard running over people and gaining those hard, extra yards. Maybe they started with Langford because they knew what they had with him more.
I give Loggains a semi pass. (I am not defending it though). This is his first year. He has a seasoned HC that should be helping him with this kind of stuff but apparently he couldn't tell either. Because Howard apparently sucks during practices. uhuh. Maybe the coaches suck during practices.
Or maybe they pre determine who is going to be starting regardless of talent.
Exactly. Which circles right back to the coaches not doing their job.